Iolanthe, or, The peer and the peri / music by Arthur Sullivan ; authentic version edited by Bryxeson Treharne.
| Author/creator | Sullivan, Arthur composer. |
| Other author | Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 librettist. |
| Other author | Treharne, Bryceson, 1879-1948, editor. |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Publication Info | New York : G. Schirmer, [between 1950 and 1959?] |
| Description | 1 vocal score (208 pages) ; 28 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Iolanthe. Vocal score |
| Variant title | Peer and the peri |
| Series | G. Schirmer's vocal scores of standard operas G. Schirmer's vocal scores of standard operas. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Tripping hither, tripping thither -- Invocation: "Iolanthe! from thy dark exile" -- Good morrow, good mother -- Fare thee well -- Good morrow, good lover -- None shall part us from each other -- Loudly let the trumpet bray -- The law is the true embodiment -- My well-loved Lord and guardian dear -- Nay, tempt me not -- Spurn not the nobly born -- My Lords, it may not be -- When I went to the bar as a very young man -- When darkly loom the day -- When all night long a chap remains -- Strephon's a member of parliament -- When Britain really ruled the waves -- In vain to us you plead -- Oh, foolish fay -- Through p'rhaps I may incur your blame -- Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest -- He who shies at such a prize -- If we're weak enough to tarry -- My Lord, a suppliant at your feet -- It may not be -- Soon as we may, off and away. |
| Abstract | 25 years previous to the action of the opera, Iolanthe, a fairy, had committed the capital crime of marrying a mortal. The Queen of the Fairies had commuted the death sentence to banishment for life--on condition that Iolanthe must leave her husband without explanation and never see him again. Her son, Strephon has grown up as a shepherd, half fairy, half mortal...the entire House of Lords is enamored of Phyllis as is Strephon. The opera focuses on the drama of the privilege to marry Phyllis. |
| ISBN | 0793534798 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780793534791 (paperback) |
| Publisher number | 40989 G. Schirmer |
| Stock number | HL50337640 Hal Leonard |